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... English people keep asking themselves what we The great contention of these ought to do about Ireland . essays is , that in order to attach Ireland to us solidly , English people have not only to do something different . rom what they ...
... English people keep asking themselves what we The great contention of these ought to do about Ireland . essays is , that in order to attach Ireland to us solidly , English people have not only to do something different . rom what they ...
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... English Government , not dreaming of any such result , gave them a tribunal for determining a fair rent . It seems to me impossible not to see this , if one does not either shut one's eyes or turn them another way . We shall have ...
... English Government , not dreaming of any such result , gave them a tribunal for determining a fair rent . It seems to me impossible not to see this , if one does not either shut one's eyes or turn them another way . We shall have ...
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... is , that England and English civilisation shall become more attractive ; or , as I began by saying , that we should not only do to Ireland something different from what we have done hitherto , but should also X PREFACE .
... is , that England and English civilisation shall become more attractive ; or , as I began by saying , that we should not only do to Ireland something different from what we have done hitherto , but should also X PREFACE .
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... English civilisation almost all the essays in the present volume , and not alone those dealing directly with Ireland , will be found to insist . The barren logomachies of Plato's Theatetus are relieved by half a dozen immortal pages ...
... English civilisation almost all the essays in the present volume , and not alone those dealing directly with Ireland , will be found to insist . The barren logomachies of Plato's Theatetus are relieved by half a dozen immortal pages ...
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... English , at any rate , have to acquire them , and to learn the necessity for us ' to live , ' as Emerson says , ' from a greater depth of being . ' The sages and the saints alike have always so - called practical people preached this ...
... English , at any rate , have to acquire them , and to learn the necessity for us ' to live , ' as Emerson says , ' from a greater depth of being . ' The sages and the saints alike have always so - called practical people preached this ...
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Page 195 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 9 - But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold, and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected.
Page 197 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...
Page 198 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 55 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...
Page 288 - We can hardly at the present day understand what Menander meant, when he told a man who inquired as to the progress of his comedy that he had finished it, not having yet written a single line, because he had constructed the action of it in his mind. A modern critic would have assured him that the merit of his piece depended on the brilliant things which arose under his pen as he went along.
Page 291 - These other excellences were his fundamental excellences as a poet ; what distinguishes the artist from the mere amateur, says Goethe, is Architectonic^ in the highest sense ; that power of execution, which creates, forms, and constitutes : not the profoundness of single thoughts, not the richness of imagery, not the abundance of illustration.
Page 9 - I must say from all accounts, and my own observations, that the state of our fellow-countrymen in the parts I have named is worse than that of any people in the world, let alone Europe. I believe that these people are made as we are, that they are patient beyond belief, loyal, but at the same time broken-spirited and desperate, living on the verge of starvation in places where we would not keep our cattle.
Page 8 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 3 - I did not obey your instructions ! No, I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained your interest against your opinions with a constancy that became me. A representative worthy of you ought to be a person of stability.